fran m's Journal

fran m's Journal

Will this idea work?

What I want to do is this, in the centre of the two slabs I want to put a large wood post into the ground. To this post I will build a wood frame/pergola fixed to the side wall of the house. The hedge on the right is 6ft, new hedging to the left as you can see. Question is, if I plant a climber (to be decided) and let it grow up the post, it will grow faster than the hedge. But as the hedge grows will the climber be ok as the hedge closes in around it. There will be plenty of growth on the arch, will that be enough to keep the climber alive? Please advise, thanks.

hi fran if there is enough space between the hedge and the climber it should be ok, you might need to keep the hedge clipped to keep it from competting. this may not be much help to you, johnplotsman might have a better suggestion? good look with it though, its sounds fab.

I was thinking of in the line of the hedge, hoping that the climber growing faster than the hedge would get above final level of hedge. I was thinking of the way Honeysuckel grows wild in ditches. But I might fall back to your idea of a pot on the slabs. Thanks

I think it would work Fran if you chose your climber wisely I agree with you that honeysuckles growing in the wild in ditches seem to not mind the competition. Some clematis might be ok too as they grow naturally at the base of trees where it's very dry and clamber up to get light (they also like there roots cool) I can see Rachel's concern about space as there does'nt seem to be much room to plant a post, climber with the new hedge. Also I think Joe swift did wire up the poles in gardeners world a month back to help climbers go up the poles. Good Luck, will check back to see the results